Counsel for the plaintiff, Termaine Hicks, devised a "scream test," where a looped recording of a woman screaming at 122 decibels played for over an hour, starting at 5:30 a.m. Sept. 23. Area ...

A federal judge has ordered lawyers involved in a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Philadelphia to issue formal apologies to residents after conducting a "scream test" in a residential ...

Attorneys for a wrongfully convicted man who filed a lawsuit against the city were ordered by a judge to apologize for a recording of a woman screaming that rattled a South Philadelphia neighborhood ...