Add NEWS entry for issue26960.

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
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+- Issue #26960: Backported #16270 from Python 3 to Python 2, to prevent urllib
+  from hanging when retrieving certain FTP files.
+
 - Issue #25745: Fixed leaking a userptr in curses panel destructor.
 
 - Issue #17765: weakref.ref() no longer silently ignores keyword arguments.