Update NEWS with version 3.9.6

Author: kaydeearts

NEWS.md

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 Changelog
 =========
 
+3.9.6 (released 2023-06-13)
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+- [requirements.txt] Update dependencies, unpin specific fonttools version to allow more versions ([#1661](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1661))
+- [tx] fix segfaults due to old function call ([#1649](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1649))
+- [hotconv] Fix warning for negative TypoLineGap ([#1654](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1654)) (thanks, @NSGod!)
+- [hotconv] reset dsigCnt in hotReuse() so subsequent conversions add full stub 'DSIG' table ([#1648](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1648)) (thanks, @NSGod!)
+- [hotconv] 'name': fix memory leak in addName() ([#1646](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1646)) (thanks, @NSGod!)
+- [README] Remove LGTM badges ([#1650](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1650)) (thanks, @miguelsousa!)
+
 3.9.5 (released 2023-04-24)
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 - [python] **Drop Python 3.7**