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Eight people were wounded in city shootings since Friday night, Chicago police said.

Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times A pair of homeless outreach workers with the Salvation Army drove around Lower Wacker Drive Friday evening, searching for people in need. Whenever they saw a row of tents where a group of people were staying, they jumped out of their road-salt-stained van with a meal in one hand and a rolled-up blanket in another. It was the first of 21 homeless encampments The Salvation Army was set to visit throughout the night, offering help to anyone willing to accept it. They also handed out gloves, hand-warmers and hats. The temporary outreach effort was put together by the cit...

Ald. Ray Lopez makes no secret of his love for dogs. Here. he holds his dog Tomas during an interview at his home in 2019. Lopez is sponsoring a new ordinance to protect dogs from being left outside in cold weather. Sun-Times file The City Council’s resident dog lover is at it again — this time to protect dogs from being left out in the cold. One day after Chicago was walloped by its biggest snowstorm of the year, Ald. Ray Lopez (15th) wants to strengthen the city’s animal cruelty ordinance to spell out the do’s and don’ts of owning a pet, particularly in winter.