Front end bouncy and all tires rubbing

Last week I noticed the front end of my car was more bouncy and squeaks a bit when I go over bumps, and kind of feels like the car is floating around. Oh, and my mom drove it just before that and said she heard two separate, loud bangs when she was driving it but did not know what it was. Also, last night we had a wicked snowstorm, and I had to drive fiftieth miles to work in three inches of slushy snow. No one had plowed yet, and while driving, I heard an intermittent rubbing/sloshing noise that seemed to be coming from my front tire on my side. (On my way home this morning, there was also a tugging to the left side, only when the sound happened which sounded like it was once every revolution of the tire.) And after stopping at a stop sign, I could barely get going again. Help please. any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Alicia
PS. I took a video while I was driving, tried to get the sound. I also took a picture of the front wheel strut.