Issue #8793: Prevent IDLE crash in 2.7 when given strings with
invalid hex escape sequences.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 8d37ca5..a208309 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@
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+- Issue #8793: Prevent IDLE crash when given strings with invalid hex escape
+  sequences.
+
 - Issues #1745761, #755670, #13357, #12629, #1200313: HTMLParser now correctly
   handles non-valid attributes, including adjacent and unquoted attributes.