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As we navigate the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers are starting to see an evolution of the virus, creating some similarities with the seasonal flu.

Troy, a movie starring Brad Pitt as the heroic warrior Achilles and based on Homer's epic poem The Iliad, opens in theaters Friday. NPR's Bob Mondello says the film is a throwback to an earlier Hollywood era of sword and sandal epics.

NPR's Jerome Vaughn reports from Chicago on the growing popularity of meal preparation and delivery services. The businesses offer healthy meals to customers too busy to cook and calculate diet requirements.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 2022 class leans heavily on pop hitmakers from the 1980s, but also includes rapper Eminem and country star Dolly Parton, who initially rejected her nomination.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on the possibility of sending a robot to save the Hubble Space Telescope. Without servicing, Hubble will quietly die in orbit in a few years.

NPR's Tavis Smiley discusses former President Ronald Reagan's legacy with Kiron Skinner, co-editor of several books on Reagan, and a member of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's Defense Policy Board. Also joining the discussion is former Republican congressman J.C. Watts. Reagan died this Saturday at the age of 93.

A truce between the U.S. military and supporters of a radical Shiite cleric in the shrine cities of Najaf and Kufa appears to be holding. In other parts of Iraq, violence has continued over the weekend. According to the U.S. military, six people were killed when a car bomb exploded near a base north of Baghdad. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

Admirers gather to remember President Ronald Reagan, who died Saturday at his Southern California home after a long struggle with Alzheimer's. Elsewhere, Republicans and former allies recalled the former president. President Reagan's body will be brought to Washington to lie in state in the Capitol. Hear NPR's Ina Jaffe, NPR's Andrea Seabrook and NPR's Liane Hansen.

NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with NPR's Madeleine Brand about services planned this week to honor late President Ronald Reagan.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Slate political writer Will Saletan about how Sen. John Kerry and President Bush will slow their campaigning this week to mourn the death of President Ronald Reagan.