In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, newly crowned NASCAR champion Ryan Blaney says he regrets giving his competitor Ross Chastain the finger during their season-ending race.

Giving the middle finger may not be nice, but it is people’s “God-given” right, a Canadian judge has ruled in clearing a man of harassment charges in a neighbors’ quarrel.

The third finger, which is higher than the others, reminds us of something essential: honesty. To be honest means not getting entangled in the snares of corruption.

But who knew watching other people give the middle finger salute was such a satisfying experience? The good people at YouTube channel supercutonline, that’s who. They’ve created a supercut of ...

People loathe Donald Trump so much that they’ve actually started taking pictures of themselves giving the Trump Tower in New York City (and other locations) the middle finger.

Berlin flipped the bird on people who refuse to wear masks amid the coronavirus pandemic — launching an ad showing an elderly woman giving the finger, according to reports. “A finger-wag for … ...

"I'm giving people the finger if it's legal, absolutely," laughed Carlos Padilla, a 23-year-old from Dumont wearing a sleeveless white T-shirt and gold chain.

In 2012, the organization sued the city of Denham Springs on behalf of a woman who used Christmas lights on her roof to create the image of an extended middle finger.

Everyone seems to be "giving the finger" these days, says Linton Weeks at NPR. "You can buy middle-finger wallpaper for your smart phone.

A news database search shows that media mentions of the phrase "giving the finger" between 2000 and 2010 was triple the number of mentions between 1990 and 2000. Granted, it's a crude index.