Top Stories appear near the top of the SERP in neat, tidy blocks of the most relevant and recent news related to the user’s search query. They are usually displayed in three to four blocks with a thumbnail (showing a visual representation of the content that captures users attention), a headline as a blue link, the time since publication beneath the headline (a great way to inform users how fresh the article is) and the source of the news. Clicking on the headline takes the user to the article.
Here is an example of Top Stories for the search query “digital marketing”.