Social media has allowed for first-hand accounts of the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles to be shared widely.

Or someone who's crossed their fingers in Vietnam or signaled "OK" in Brazil. All those gestures have offensive connotations away from American soil. Read on, or watch the video, to see the hand ...

Whoopi Goldberg suggested that the Los Angeles wildfires were caused by last week’s hurricane-force winds that blew throughout Southern California, and urged people to stop “pointing fingers.” ...

But he quickly turned to pointing fingers — first at the Democratic Party and initiatives to promote diversity in the Federal Aviation Administration, then on the pilot of the Black Hawk ...