Just how exactly is this stuff considered news?

• Police find pot, pipes in Bieber limo
• New video of Bieber sobriety test  
• Petco sued after deadly rat bite  
• Cop kills just-married firefighter  
• Photo of baby with rifle shocks  
• Mom of British soldier hacked to death collapses at killers' sentencing
• Ohio man expected to survive after being shot 14 times 
• Officers suspended for homeless sign contest 

These are stories from different news organizations. Yet they are all "top stories."

All about crime.

Or criminal justice.

And mostly just nonsense.

So why is this stuff even news?