Today it means peace, but the iconic two-finger gesture has a much deeper and more surprising story. From World War victories to counterculture movements, discover how this simple sign transformed ...

If you’re traveling or doing business outside the U.S., beware! These seemingly innocuous hand gestures are rude in other countries.

It's your right as an American to give people the finger, even if the recipient of your flipped bird is a police officer, a federal appeals court in Cincinnati ruled this week.

A mall proposal turned into a public celebration as the crowd encouraged a stunned woman to say yes; and the viral video left ...

Designating an object with the movement of a finger is at the heart of human communication, yet precisely why we point isn’t clearly understood. A new paper indicates that it may be related to ...

Angel Reese makes a gesture towards Caitlin Clark during the fourth quarter of the 2023 NCAA women's championship game.

She quickly held up her index finger in a gesture to silence Jennings — and it worked. The conservative pundit stopped talking and Strickland continued on with her remarks without missing a beat.

A Michigan woman was engaging in constitutionally protected free speech when she made a crude hand gesture, a federal court ruled.

Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant has been fined $75,000 for twice using a finger-gun gesture during a game on Thursday, the National Basketball Association said.

The “middle finger” gesture does not derive from the mutilation of English archers at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Some historians trace its origins to ancient Rome.

A woman gives the middle finger to a cyclist after a run-in with the group in Ballantyne, NC, in 2016. Courtesy of Angela Olson In certain situations, giving someone the one-finger salute is an ...