Update NEWS + bump to 1.4.4a1

Author: pepoluan

aiosmtpd/docs/NEWS.rst

@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ Fixed/Improved
 * A whole bunch of annotations
 
 
-1.4.4a0 (ad hoc)
+1.4.4a1 (ad hoc)
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-(Stub ``NEWS.rst`` entry as placeholder for ``qa`` test.)
+Fixed/Improved
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+* No longer expect an implicit creation of the event loop through ``get_event_loop()`` (Closes #353)
 
 
 1.4.3 (2022-12-21)