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VOL. CLXVIII ... No. 58,148 © 2018 The New York Times Company NEW YORK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018 $3.00 F.D.A. to Limit FLORIDA ORDERS How Stores Sell MANUAL RECOUNT Vaping Flavors FOR SENATE RACE Agency Is Also Seeking a Ban on Menthols CHAOS AND CONFUSION

By SHEILA KAPLAN and JAN HOFFMAN G.O.P. Lead Big Enough The Food and Drug Administra- in Governor Race to tion on Thursday announced a se- ries of restrictions aimed at com- Avoid New Tally bating a growing public health menace — flavored e-cigarettes and tobacco products that have This article is by Frances Robles, lured young people into vaping Glenn Thrush and Audra D. S. and smoking. Burch. And in a bold regulatory move, RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — Flor- the agency said it would move to ida concluded the first phase of a outlaw two traditional tobacco tumultuous recount of its midterm products that disproportionately election on Thursday, with state harm African-Americans: men- officials ordering a manual re- thol cigarettes and flavored ci- count in the hotly contested Sen- gars. ate race between Rick Scott, the The proposed menthol ban Republican governor, and the would be the most aggressive ac- Democratic incumbent, Bill Nel- tion the F.D.A. has taken against son. the tobacco industry in nearly a Mr. Scott maintained a slim lead decade, and it was notable given over his opponent. In the race for the Trump administration’s busi- governor, Ron DeSantis, a fiery ness-friendly approach to regula- conservative and enthusiastic ally tory issues. But the proposal is JOSH EDELSON/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES of President Trump, held on to a likely to face a protracted legal more substantial lead, avoiding a battle, so it could be years in the next round of recounts despite the After Calamity, No Place to Go making. vow of his Democratic opponent, Wildfires like the one that destroyed much of the town of Paradise have worsened California’s already acute housing crisis. Page A10. The effort to cut off access to fla- Mayor Andrew Gillum of Talla- vored e-cigarettes stopped short hassee, to push the authorities to of a ban that the F.D.A. had threat- ened in recent months as it sought to persuade e-cigarette makers At Brexit Crunch Time, Leader Takes a Bruising like Juul Labs to drop marketing NEW SAUDI SLANT strategies that might appeal to mi- “stitch-up that doesn’t have a nors. The agency said it would al- By ELLEN BARRY Protests Against Prime hope in hell.” By breakfast time low stores to continue selling such ON ISTANBUL CASE her chief negotiator for withdraw- flavored products, but only from LONDON — Theresa May rose al from the European Union had closed off-areas that would be in- to her feet before the British Minister Leave Her resigned in protest, followed by accessible to teenagers. House of Commons on Thursday her work and pensions secretary. Some 3.6 million people under Execution Is Threatened to make the sales pitch of her life, Future in Doubt When members of Parliament 18 reported using e-cigarettes, the promising that the United King- For Khashoggi Killers were given the chance to com- agency said. dom’s departure from the Euro- “Almost all adult smokers pean Union would be “smooth and ment on the agreement, it was one May, 62, has plenty of experience started smoking when they were orderly.” withering blast after another. By BEN HUBBARD being derided and conspired kids,” Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the agen- SCOTT McINTYRE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES It was not supposed to be a Fully 57 minutes of denunciation and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK against. On Thursday, the day she passed before a member, Peter cy’s commissioner, said in a state- Ron DeSantis, the Republican laugh line. ment. “Today, we significantly ad- BEIRUT, Lebanon — Saudi publicly presented her long- Bottomley, offered Mrs. May a few candidate for governor. But the members of Parliament vance our efforts to combat youth Arabia threatened five of its awaited, 585-page deal to with- lukewarm words of support, say- laughed out loud at Mrs. May. access and appeal with proposals draw from the bloc, or Brexit, she ing she was “good-natured” and agents with the death penalty on They laughed uproariously, and that firmly and directly address count additional ballots. took such a pummeling that her “answers questions, however in- Thursday for killing the dissident for long enough that she had to the core of the epidemic: flavors.” “It is not over until every legally sulting, with calmness, which I Jamal Khashoggi, as the kingdom pause, eyes flickering over her pa- survival as prime minister was in Still, the plan to sequester fla- casted vote is counted,” Mr. find is admirable.” changed its story, again, about pers, and wait for them to stop, so question. vored e-cigarettes in stores, Gillum declared at the end of an- how the crime was committed and she could continue. The morning papers an- Shortly thereafter, a high-pro- rather than ban selling them, was other chaotic day — nine days af- continued to try to distance its de Over the past two and a half nounced “horrific, humiliating file Conservative announced he surprising to many people since ter the election — in which the facto ruler, Crown Prince Moham- years as prime minister, Mrs. surrender,” “Brexsh*t,” and a Continued on Page A7 details of a stronger proposal state’s two marquee races re- med bin Salman, from any respon- leaked out widely from the agency mained disconcertingly up in the sibility. over the past week. Members of air. Announcing an update on the Congress sent out news releases, From the early morning hours kingdom’s own investigation, the praising the agency for a ban that through midafternoon, when the public prosecutor portrayed the did not materialize. Federal law results of the state’s machine re- killing of Mr. Khashoggi at the already prohibits the sale of ciga- count were posted, lawyers for Saudi Consulate in Istanbul as an rettes and e-cigarettes to anyone both parties filed new lawsuits, improvised decision taken at the under 18. rushed to court hearings and is- last minute by a team that had But lawyers said the agency did sued statements challenging the been dispatched there with orders not have the legal authority to im- conduct of the vote — crucial ar- to retrieve him. pose such a ban without going guments on voter suppression While the prosecutor’s report through a long, complicated and ballot recognition that will did not name any of the suspects, process that would have inevita- help lay the legal groundwork for the leader of the team that con- bly ended up in court. the 2020 election. fronted Mr. Khashoggi at the con- In trying to navigate between Confusion and disorder reigned sulate was Maher Abdulaziz public health concerns about nico- through much of the five-day ma- Mutreb, a frequent companion of tine addiction among teenagers chine recount. Broward County, Prince Mohammed, who often and a reluctance to heavily re- the scene of several years of vote- traveled with him abroad, accord- Continued on Page A16 Continued on Page A12 ing to a Saudi official familiar with the investigation. Thursday’s explanation echoed a previous Saudi account — por- traying the killing as a rendition Senator With Ohio Sensibility gone wrong — that President Trump had derided as “one of the worst in the history of cover-ups.” May Be Democrats’ 2020 Star But the Saudis acknowledged for the first time that the team sent to meet Mr. Khashoggi in Is- By SYDNEY EMBER tanbul had not only ambushed KARSTEN MORAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES “Portrait of an Artist (Pool With Two Figures)” fetched more than any other living artist’s work. COLUMBUS, Ohio — One after the “blueprint for America for and killed him in their consulate another, the Democratic candi- 2020.” The revelers roared. but had also dismembered his dates in Ohio fell. If his victory speech seemed to body — as Turkish officials have But there was Senator Sherrod double as a calling card for a possi- maintained for weeks. Brown celebrating his re-election ble presidential run, there was Speaking to reporters in Ri- $90 Million for Hockney Painting Shatters Record last Tuesday night at a hotel ball- good reason. Not only had Mr. yadh, the Saudi capital, a spokes- room before a crowd of anxious Brown won his third term in this man for the public prosecutor said the previous high of $58.4 million, names. That has forced collectors revelers. crucial battleground that Presi- the order to kill Mr. Khashoggi By SCOTT REYBURN held by Jeff Koons for one of his to expand their search for emerg- “Let our country — let our na- dent Trump claimed by eight had been taken by only a single in- and ROBIN POGREBIN “Balloon Dog” sculptures. ing names who might be under- tion’s citizens, our Democratic points, he was the only major telligence agent on the scene in Is- A celebrated and enigmatic The auction also produced new valued. Party, my fellow elected officials Democrat to win a statewide seat tanbul, without authorization painting of two men and a tur- highs for works by two African- The new demand for living art- all over the country — let them all in Ohio. from superiors in Riyadh, and that quoise pool by David Hockney American artists, following highs ists, coupled with a dearth of mas- cast their eyes towards the heart- Almost immediately, some it was accomplished with a deadly sold at Christie’s on Thursday for three African-American artists terworks for sale, has given great- land,” Mr. Brown said from the Democrats began to wonder if Mr. dose of a tranquilizer — not by night for $90.3 million with fees, and a 42-year-old female painter er exposure to nonwhite and fe- stage, dispelling the sense of dis- Brown possessed the secret to re- Continued on Page A8 shattering the auction record for a at Sotheby’s the night before. To- male artists, with more museums appointment that had begun to de- taking a state that seemed to be living artist and cementing a ma- gether the sales signaled a new in- exhibiting them and several of scend. steadily slipping from their grasp. jor broadening of tastes at the tur- clusivity in the art world, driven their works notching multi- Then, his gravelly voice rasping A week later — after insisting SANCTIONS The Trump adminis- bocharged top end of the market. by a generational shift toward art- million-dollar sales. out a crescendo, he made it clear for years that a run for president tration is punishing 17 Saudis The price for the 1972 painting, ists who have been out of the The Hockney painting is a dif- where he thought his party could was far off his radar — Mr. Brown accused in the death of a dissi- “Portrait of an Artist (Pool With mainstream and by stratospheric ferent kind of trophy, by an openly forge its path to success: his tri- has begun wondering aloud if he dent last month. PAGE A8 Two Figures),” easily surpassed prices for more established Continued on Page A20 umphant campaign, he said, was Continued on Page A13

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