Fix AST compiler bug #1501934: incorrect LOAD/STORE_GLOBAL generation.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b31023d..f01aff2 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and builtins
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+- Bug #1501934: The scope of global variables that are locally assigned
+  using augmented assignment is now correctly determined.
+
 - Bug #927248: Recursive method-wrapper objects can now safely
   be released.