Katie Gaultney reports on the factors pushing gas prices higher this year; Mary Reichard talks to Anurima Bhargava, a member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, about this year’s report on persecution overseas; and Kim Henderson meets a Mississippi grocery store owner who decided to close on Sundays. Plus: commentary from Ryan Bomberger, an in-flight delivery, and the Tuesday morning news.

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